Man to pay for breaching bond

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Osbert Watson of Kingstown was hauled off to Her Majestyâs Prison for three months last week after he breached a two-year bond and failed to pay a drug fine. {{more}}

Watson was arrested at Paulâs Avenue and charged for possessing two rocks of cocaine last week Monday. He pleaded guilty before the Kingstown Magistrate Court the following day and was fined $200 forthwith, with an alternative sentence of six weeks in prison.

During the hearing, it was discovered that he was placed on a two-year bond in the sum of $400 in September last year, with a penalty of three months imprisonment if he breached the bond.